Channel 111- Revenge
Eiji was having a strange dream that involved being waist deep in water. As it turned out, when he awoke, he discovered he was waist deep in water.
"What's going on?" he said, sitting up only to find that his head hurt.
"Don't move too much," Saeki advised, kneeling down next to him and helping him sit up slowly. "You might pass out again."
"What happened?" Eiji said.
"I'm not sure," Saeki said. "When I woke up, we were here."
Eiji slowly got to his feet and looked around. He, Saeki and Itsuki were in a small room, and the only light was above them shining down through some bars. When he stood, the water only went up to his knees or so, but the bars were far beyond his reach.
"I think we're under the docks," Saeki said quietly.
"Under the docks?" Eiji gasped. "Why are we there? I remember those guys busting in the door but…"
Eiji put his hands on his hips.
"They hit us with stuff, didn't they?" he concluded.
"Well obviously," Saeki said.
"How are we going to get out of here?" Itsuki asked.
"I don't know," said Eiji. "The others will probably rescue us soon, though. Don't look so bummed out! It's not that bad. It could be worse."
"I think it is worse," Saeki said.
"How so?" said Eiji, putting his hands on his hips.
"I'm no expert on tides or anything…" Saeki said hesitantly. "But…I think the water is rising."
Eiji froze, and then looked up at the bars above him.
"Well…like I said before…" Eiji said, not nearly as confident. "The others will definitely rescue us soon."
Then they felt a mighty rumble that knocked them all on their arses.
"See!" said Eiji. "That's them now, I bet! Leaving a trail of destruction in their wake, no less!"
Sure enough, it was them all right. Indirectly, anyway. The rumble had been an explosion they had triggered, but luckily Atobe had heard the ticking at the very last second and managed to warn everyone to jump away from the blast just in time.
"Come on, we're half way there," Atobe said, standing up and shielding himself from some smoke.
"Atobe, don't think we haven't forgotten how you brutally murdered Trixie after getting the information you needed out of her!" said Momo. "You went against our pact!"
"I said I wasn't going to follow that pact from the beginning," Atobe said.
"That's true, he did," Taka said.
"Besides, she deserved it," Atobe said.
"I wouldn't go that far," said Inui.
Before Atobe could tell them they were pansies or something equally insulting, there was a gunshot, which caused them all to dive to the ground behind a large crate.
Atobe pulled out his gun and looked over the crate, taking wild and blind shots in all directions. Of course, they heard various cries of, "ARGH!" and "I've been shot!" that confirmed Atobe's perfect aim. Atobe finally stopped his assault as the smoke from the explosion cleared.
"Come on," he ordered.
"Yes sir," said everyone since Atobe was being surprisingly reliable and badass at the moment.
They rounded the corner and were just about to enter another door, when they heard a gun load.
Unfortunately, this gun that was loading was from behind them.
"Don't turn around," ordered a voice. A female voice.
"Brigit Shaughnessy," Atobe shook his head. "I should have known."
"Why are the dames always bad guys in the end?" said Momo, sounding annoyed.
"Quiet!" said Brigit. "I came to you only to feed you false information that would lead you to this spot!"
"I hate to break it to you, Miss Shaughnessy, but my reasoning for being here has nothing to do with meeting you," Atobe said. "And how much is your debt to Whopper and Big Mac?"
"If I told you…" Brigit said haltingly. "If I told you half, Detective, you'd call me a liar!"
"When this is all over with, I hope they don't hang you, precious," Atobe said. "Yes, angel, I am going to avenge my partner's death even if you're standing in my way, and you might have to go down with him. Chances are, you'll get off with life in prison. That means if you're a good girl, you'll be out in twenty years. I'll be waiting for you. And, if they hang you, I'll always remember you."
"Detective…" Brigit wavered.
That was just what Atobe wanted. He spun around and knocked the gun out of her hand, then pointed his own at her.
"People lose their teeth talking like you do," Atobe said.
"You always have a smooth explanation for everything," Brigit said.
"What do you want me to do?" Atobe said. "Learn to stutter?"
"All right, all right," said Momo. "That's enough. I refuse to listen to you guys banter again. Let's just go in that door, kill Whopper and then get onto solving your case." Momo paused. "Well, I guess your case is fake so never mind."
"As it turns out, killing Whopper and this dame's case are one in the same," Inui said. "So I guess it's a good thing Atobe decided to do this first."
"I guess," said the others.
So they Judo chopped Brigit and turned back to the door.
"Now, just for the record, I'm the one who shoots Whopper," Atobe said.
"We wouldn't have it any other way," Taka said.
"Good," said Atobe.
He faced the door and then gave it a mighty kick. The door rocketed off its hinges and flew across the room. Atobe immediately ran in and the others followed, only to discover a large fat man sitting in his chair, looking as though he expected them.
"Whopper," Atobe's eyes narrowed.
"Hello, Detective," he said. "I'm sure you're interested to hear that—"
Atobe didn't let Whopper finish. After an elapsed time of about one second, Whopper was filled with bullets and a steaming heap on the floor.
"That solves that case," said Atobe, looking satisfied.
"Um…nicely done," said the others, trying not to look.
"Though, I do wonder what he thought I would be interested in hearing…" Atobe said. "Oh well."
"I have good news and bad news," Inui said. "The good news; the mission is complete. The bad news; we have to find Eiji, Saeki and Itsuki."
"That's probably what Whopper was going to tell me about…" Atobe suggested. "Something about how…if I kill him then I'll never find out where they are or some other such nonsense."
"What, you know where they are?" Momo asked.
"No, do you?" Atobe said.
"No, why would I?" Momo said.
"Why would I?" Atobe said.
"Let's find them," said Taka. "Wherever they are, I'm willing to bet it's some kind of horrible peril."
"Hey, do you think Brigit Shaughnessy would know?" Momo said, snapping his fingers.
"Momo, you have redeemed yourself," said Inui, putting his hand on Momo's shoulder supportively. "Even though I had already thought of the idea."
"All right!" cheered Momo, giving Inui the thumbs up.
They went back outside the room and slapped Brigit around a little bit until she finally came around.
Then they demanded information out of her. After learning that Whopper was dead, she was willing to turn over to the side of good and, seconds after she revealed the location of Eiji, Itsuki and Saeki, she found herself dead as well.
"You know…" said Taka. "She was turning over to the side of good."
"I've said it before," Atobe said, lighting a cigarette. "I never liked the lying type."
No one could do anything about it now so they went off to the place that Brigit Shaughnessy had described and, sure enough, she had been telling the truth.
"Hey!" Momo called through the bars that were in the floor.
"What a relief!" Eiji said as he stood almost up to his shoulders in water. "Get us out of here! Quick!" He looked at Saeki and Itsuki. "I told you they would rescue us in time!"
Momo pulled at the bars, which formed a trapdoor. It had a large lock attached to it.
"I'll take care of that," Atobe said, pulling out his gun, but Inui held out his hand.
"If you do it, Momo or I might end up being shot instead," Inui said. "Allow me."
"Fine," said Atobe, looking slightly disappointed.
Inui took out his weapon of mass destruction and fired it at the lock. It shattered in a million pieces and then Momo opened up the door. They pulled Saeki, Itsuki and Eiji up one by one until they were all on the surface.
"I don't want to do this anymore…" Saeki moped.
"Here it comes," Inui said, referring to the while light they had all grown to love and depend on.
He changed the channel, and they were immediately dropped off in the middle of a desert, with only a small western down off in the distance to indicate any sign of life.
Then they took a moment to look at Oshitari who was only standing there looking awfully confused.
He put his hands out. "I am so disoriented right now," he said.
"Welcome back, Oshitari," said Atobe, holding out his hand for Oshitari to shake.
Oshitari took it confusedly, but then he noticed the fact that the two of them were in black and white, and then he noticed everyone else's outfits. He gave a heavy sigh. "Not this again."
"Unfortunately," Atobe said.
"It's almost morning…" Inui said. "We are going at a good rate. This is only the start of the third day and we have already completed three missions. Let's find Kirihara as quickly as possible and continue our good streak."
"Why is this happening again?" Oshitari asked Atobe.
"Don't ask me," Atobe sighed.